What Mitch McConnell woke up to this morning

Bernie Sanders2017-07-10 22:01:06

Sisters and Brothers,
This is what Sen. Mitch McConnell woke up to this morning:
I want to thank all of you who supported our trip this weekend to West
Virginia and Kentucky, two states at the center of the fight over the
disastrous Republican health care legislation which could come up for a
vote this week or next. We wanted to go right into deeply Republican
states and tell the working people there what it means to throw 22
million Americans off of health insurance, cut Medicaid by almost $800
billion, raise premiums for older workers and defund Planned Parenthood
- all to provide $500 billion in tax breaks to the top 2 percent,
insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.
Our goal was to put this horrible legislation in human terms. At each of
our events ordinary Americans stood up and told their stories of what
the disastrous Republican health care bill would do to them and their
loved ones. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of a large
crowd, along with the hundreds of thousands who watched the events
online, and talk about very personal issues. But they did it, and I want
to thank them all for speaking up for millions of Americans who face
similar problems.
We heard from a man in West Virginia with hemophilia, in need of a liver
transplant, whose life was saved by the Affordable Care Act. We listened
to a young woman from Fairmont, WV, who requires $70,000 a year in
medicine to stay alive. A young man from West Virginia who survived
testicular cancer, wondering whether he would live or die, told us about
his struggles with insurance companies as he watched his disease spread.
In Covington, Kentucky, we heard from a woman who relies on Medicaid to
care for her father, a World War II veteran. We listened to a young
mother whose son needed a kidney transplant at 18 months old, but is now
a happy five year old. He will require medication for the rest of his
life and will always have a preexisting condition. They and other
worried out loud what happens if, once again, people with pre-existing
conditions are unable to get affordable medical care. How will they stay
alive?
We also heard from a mother in Kentucky, a mental health provider in
West Virginia, and the Mayor of Covington, Joe Mayer, about the impact
the opioid crisis has had on his city and the region.
You can watch these and other incredible stories from our tour this
weekend here.
berniesanders.com/care-not-cuts-bernie-west-virginia-kentucky/
Let us never forget: A great nation is not judged by the number of
billionaires it has, or by the tax breaks they receive. It is judged by
how we treat the most vulnerable amongst us: the children, the sick, the
elderly, the disabled and the poor.
That is why our first job is to defeat the moral outrage that is the
Trump-Ryan-McConnell health plan. This week make sure you call your
Senator at 202-224-3121 and tell them to vote against this disastrous
legislation.
But defeating this terrible bill is not enough. Our next job is to
organize nationally to demand that the United States joins every other
major country on earth in guaranteeing health care for all as a right
through a Medicare for All single payer program.
Thank you for all you are doing.
In solidarity,
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
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Sisters and Brothers,

This is what Sen. Mitch McConnell woke up to this morning:

I want to thank all of you who supported our trip this weekend to West Virginia and Kentucky, two states at the center of the fight over the disastrous Republican health care legislation which could come up for a vote this week or next. We wanted to go right into deeply Republican states and tell the working people there what it means to throw 22 million Americans off of health insurance, cut Medicaid by almost $800 billion, raise premiums for older workers and defund Planned Parenthood - all to provide $500 billion in tax breaks to the top 2 percent, insurance companies and the pharmaceutical industry.

Our goal was to put this horrible legislation in human terms. At each of our events ordinary Americans stood up and told their stories of what the disastrous Republican health care bill would do to them and their loved ones. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of a large crowd, along with the hundreds of thousands who watched the events online, and talk about very personal issues. But they did it, and I want to thank them all for speaking up for millions of Americans who face similar problems.

We heard from a man in West Virginia with hemophilia, in need of a liver transplant, whose life was saved by the Affordable Care Act. We listened to a young woman from Fairmont, West Virginia, who requires $70,000 a year in medicine to stay alive. A young man from West Virginia who survived cancer, wondering whether he would live or die, told us about his struggles to get coverage as he watched his disease spread.

In Covington, Kentucky, we heard from a woman who relies on Medicaid to care for her father, a World War II veteran. We listened to a young mother whose son needed a kidney transplant at 18 months old, but is now a happy five year old. He will require medication for the rest of his life and will always have a preexisting condition. They and other worried out loud what happens if, once again, people with pre-existing conditions are unable to get affordable medical care. How will they stay alive?

We also heard from a mother in Kentucky, a mental health provider in West Virginia, and the Mayor of Covington, Joe Mayer, about the impact the opioid crisis has had on his city and the region.

Let us never forget: a great nation is not judged by the number of billionaires it has, or by the tax breaks they receive. It is judged by how we treat the most vulnerable amongst us: the children, the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the poor.

That is why our first job is to defeat the moral outrage that is the Trump-Ryan-McConnell health plan. Get involved and make sure you make your voice heard this week.

But defeating this terrible bill is not enough. Our next job is to organize nationally to demand that the United States joins every other major country on earth in guaranteeing health care for all as a right through a Medicare-for-all, single-payer program.

Thank you for all you are doing.

In solidarity,

Bernie Sanders

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PO BOX 391, Burlington, VT 05402

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